Unlocking a personal device using unlock approaches like
PIN, password or an unlock pattern is insecure, as it is
prone to the shoulder surfing attack: an attacker watching
the display during user authentication. Therefore, Face
Unlock – using biometric face information for
authentication – is an approach to a more secure personal
device unlock. Unfortunately, when using frontal face
information only, the authentication still can be
circumvented by a photo attack: presenting a photo/video of
the authorized person to the camera. We intend to create a
Face Unlock which is harder to circumvent by using all face
information that is available during a 180 degree pan shot
around the user’s head. Based on stereo vision, 2D and
depth images are recorded of the user’s head, along with
sensor data of the device movement.
@inproceedings{Findling_13_TowardsSecurePersonal_extendedabstract, author = {Findling, Rainhard Dieter and Mayrhofer, Ren\'e}, title = {Towards Secure Personal Device Unlock using Stereo Camera Pan Shots}, booktitle = {Abstracts of EUROCAST}, year = {2013}, series = {LNCS}, address = {Las Palmas, Spain}, month = feb, publisher = {Springer}, note = { {Extended abstract}} }